{"id":2224,"date":"2013-08-20T11:39:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T15:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2013-08-20T22:23:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T02:23:49","slug":"maximalism-and-minimalism-in-collage-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/2224","title":{"rendered":"Maximalism and Minimalism in Collage, part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI have devoted myself to the technique of cut-paper collage.\u201d
\n\u2014 Hope Kroll<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mysterious and spooky? Could it be possible that I am examining an art collection in the Addams mansion? No. The essence is far too rarefied<\/em> for that. Do I instead find myself at a museum of lost Victorian curiosities? No. The effect is much too audacious<\/em> for that. Perhaps you already have guessed my desirable plight. Yes, dear reader, I am slowly steeping in the sublime virtuosity of a Hope Kroll collage.<\/p>\n

Known to many as the \u201cpaper surgeon,\u201d the artwork of Hope Kroll<\/strong><\/em><\/a> would be astonishing enough for her extraordinarily meticulous \u201cscissorship,\u201d but she has clearly decided to put her demanding technique into service for eloquent visual statements that intrigue both the mind and eye. As Cecil Touchon points out, this would be outstanding enough, but she does not stop there. In most of her collage assemblies<\/a>, she also introduces a signature three-dimensionality to heighten the surreal impression. A maximalist at heart, the prolific artist would certainly agree with Milton Glaser that \u201cLess in not necessarily more.\u201d Somehow she manages, time after time, to achieve unified outcomes from highly complex compositions, while at the same time evoking a powerful atmosphere that first entices, then engrosses, and finally beguiles the observer. I occasionally find her work a bit unsettling, but never unsavory, and always aesthetically exquisite. Like a fine bouillabaisse, her creations delight multiple senses. <\/p>\n

Sample a few of her delicious recipes below and \u201chope,\u201d as I do, that she continues to make many more.
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Reconfiguration<\/em><\/strong>
\nHope Kroll, 2003<\/p>\n

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Grooming<\/em><\/strong>
\nHope Kroll, 2006<\/p>\n

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The Way Children Learn<\/em><\/strong>
\nHope Kroll, 2010<\/p>\n

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Science And Faith<\/em><\/strong>
\nHope Kroll, 2008<\/p>\n

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Thought Process<\/em><\/strong>
\nHope Kroll, 2009<\/p>\n

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Ghost in the Machine<\/em><\/strong>
\nHope Kroll, 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI have devoted myself to the technique of cut-paper collage.\u201d \u2014 Hope Kroll Mysterious and spooky? Could it be possible that I am examining an art collection in the Addams mansion? No. The essence is far too rarefied for that. Do I instead find myself at a museum of lost Victorian curiosities? No. The effect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,1,75,91,78,35,26,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions\/2420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}